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ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: Records | Squads | Fixtures
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, the tournament scheduled on June 24 as a starting date, and July 23 will be the finals of 2017. This is the eleventh edition of the ICC Women World Cup to be held in England this month.
In 1973, the women’s World Cup started. Only after that, the men’s world cup championship started. Already, England has entertained two tournaments, in 1973 and 1993. Lords, Bristol, Derby, Leicester, and Taunton, are the current venues. For the first time, the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) is used in a women’s tournament.
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The ICC has ruled that the top eight ranked teams will compete in the tournament. Automatically, the top four in the ODI rankings will be qualified, while the other four teams have been selected by a qualification tournament that held in Sri Lanka.
The participating teams are England (hosting team), Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies.
The format of the tournament is like round robin that all the teams will face each other and the top four teams will meet the semifinals.
Records of the Tournament
Tournament’s Current Champions: Australia
Most successful team in Tournament: Australia titled six times
Most Wickets in Tournament: Australia’s Lyn Fullston (39 wickets from 20 matches)
Most runs in Tournament: New Zealand’s Debbie Hockley (1501 runs from 45 matches)
Highest individual score in Tournament: BJ Clark (Australia) 229 not out against Denmark Women in 1997
Best bowling in Tournament: 6 for ten by J. Lord (New Zealand) in 1982
Most dismissals in Tournament: England’s J. Smit (40 dismissals from 29 matches)
Tournament’s Highest average in Batting: Australia’s K.L. Rolton with 74.92 in 28 matches.
Best average in Bowling: Australia’s LA Fullston (11.94 in 20 matches).
Best economic rate in Bowling: Australia’s Tredrea 1.97 in 28 matches
Fixtures for the Tournament
June 24 | England vs India |
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June 24 | New Zealand vs Sri Lanka |
June 25 | Pakistan vs South Africa |
June 26 | Australia vs West Indies |
June 27 | England vs Pakistan |
June 28 | South Africa vs New Zealand |
June 29 | Sri Lanka vs Australia |
June 29 | West Indies vs India |
July 2 | Australia vs New Zealand |
July 2 | India vs Pakistan |
July 2 | South Africa vs West Indies |
July 2 | England vs Sri Lanka |
July 5 | England vs South Africa |
July 5 | Sri Lanka vs India |
July 5 | Pakistan vs Australia |
July 6 | New Zealand vs West Indies |
July 8 | South Africa vs India |
July 8 | New Zealand vs Pakistan |
July 9 | England vs Australia |
July 9 | West Indies vs Sri Lanka |
July 11 | West Indies vs Pakistan |
July 12 | Australia vs India |
July 12 | England vs New Zealand |
July 12 | Sri Lanka vs South Africa |
July 15 | England vs West Indies |
July 15 | India vs New Zealand |
July 15 | Pakistan vs Sri Lanka |
July 15 | South Africa versus Australia |
July 18 | First semifinals |
July 20 | Second semifinals |
July 23 | Finals |
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Most exciting contests are:
Australia vs England
India vs Pakistan
Australia vs New Zealand
Thus, Indian Team is in heavy practice to lead everyone, beat the Australia’s Record and acquire the Trophy.